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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the police release Behrani with no charges against him?
(a) Witnesses corroborated his story.
(b) Lester has corroborated his story.
(c) They believed him without corroboration.
(d) Kathy corroborated his story.

2. How does Behrani feel when he has put Kathy to bed?
(a) Joyful at having saved a life.
(b) Relieved that she can't hurt them more.
(c) Disgusted at her debauched behavior.
(d) Angry that she has trespassed again.

3. How does Kathy feel while she waits for Lester?
(a) Restless.
(b) Exhausted.
(c) Excited.
(d) Remorseful.

4. Why doesn't Behrani attempt to explain events to Lester while he seems weak?
(a) Behrani is too angry.
(b) Behrani believes that it is the weak who are truly dangerous.
(c) Behrani is confused himself.
(d) Behrani plans to kill Lester with the wrecking bar.

5. What question does Lester's friend Doug ask him?
(a) Are you going home to your wife?
(b) Are you real clear on what you're doing?
(c) Are you in any trouble?
(d) Do you need some help from me?

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nadereh try to reassure Esmail regarding the situation with Lester while they are locked in the bathroom?

2. What does Lester's daughter think happens to the sun each evening?

3. What is Nadereh suffering from that causes Kathy to help her?

4. What effect does the ruby in Behrani's ring have on Lester?

5. What new charges could Behrani bring against Lester now that he is inside their home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Behrani attempt to negotiate with Lester when he breaks in and holds them at gunpoint?

2. How do his fellow officers feel about Lester after he has been arrested?

3. As Kathy reviews events in her mind, she believes that she was willing to let Lester do anything to put off one moment. What is she so anxious to postpone?

4. After Esmail has been shot, the shooting officer looks at Lester. He needs a critical piece of information and Lester doesn't have it, either. What is that piece of information?

5. Who does Lester want to call from jail and what does he plan to say?

6. Why does young Deputy Gleason's expression of gratitude when he encounters Lester on the street make Lester feel worse?

7. Why does Lester feel like a fraud?

8. Why does Lester decide that the Behranis have harmed Kathy when he returns to the house and looks in through the window?

9. Why does Kathy feel a sense of unreality while she is in the hospital?

10. Behrani says that he sometimes believes he is being punished. What does he think he is being punished for, and how is this similar to Kathy's feelings?

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